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https://youtu.be/1f6vhdFOmFM The emotionally disturbed man who was rescued by police from a Bay Parkway ledge [/cops-pull-suicidal-man-on-bay-parkway-ledge-to-safety-giant-net/#.Vv1ZgBIrLnU] with a giant net last November is back up to his old antics. At 12:30am Thursday, the man was seen waving a knife around and threatening to jump from
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Surveillance footage of burglary at Acme Wines & Spirits (Photo courtesy of Acme Wines & Spirits)Police believe they have identified the suspect responsible for at least six March break-ins in the Park Slope neighborhood. At the 78th Precinct Community Council Meeting that took place Wednesday night, 78th Precinct Captain
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Parent Vinny Nemorin slipped and hit his head during his arrest at P.S. 193 on February 24. (Photo: PS 193 Parents’ Association [https://www.facebook.com/PS193PA/photos/pcb.1206219662739287/1206216226072964/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Following an uproar at P.S. 193 [/p-s-193-parents-say-doe-stonewalling-fathers-arrest/] over a parent’s controversial
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/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/667-16-BRS-03-02-16-updated-video.mp4New surveillance video attained from the March 26 incident (Video via NYPD) Police have released new video of the suspect wanted for at least five incidents which have targeted elderly women — some with brutal outcomes. The video footage above is from a surveillance system near
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P.S. 204 (Photo via Google Maps)A local elementary school was evacuated due to a low-level gas odor inside an unoccupied part of the building this morning. Police tell us that 1185 school children were removed from P.S. 204 Vince Lombardi [http://schools.nyc.gov/SchoolPortals/20/K204/
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Photo: Ditmas Park CornerTwo drastically different accounts have emerged regarding the arrest of a woman in Flatbush last week. Cops say Latisha Bellamy-Maldonado, 27, was arrested Friday afternoon around 1:20pm at 180 Woodruff Avenue (near Flatbush Avenue) and charged with assault of a police officer and resisting arrest, among
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Photo by Bensonhurst BeanHere’s our roundup of some of the crime reports that happened in and around Bensonhurst in the last two weeks, courtesy of the NYPD’s 62nd Precinct. * A teenager walking down McDonald Avenue on Monday March 28, at 7pm, got into an argument with three men.
Police & Fire
Police arresting an alleged drug dealer at Avenue W and East 19th Street. (Photo provided by an anonymous reader)Two weeks after a resident pleaded with police at a community council meeting [/gun-busts-rise-cops-escalate-drug-raids-sheepshead-bay/] to crack down on brazen drug activity near her home, cops busted her heroin-dealing neighbor handing out
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Security video courtesy of Athena Mediterranean Cuisine.A burglar who doesn’t have the wherewithal to pull up his pants has struck twice this month at Athena Mediterranean Cuisine [http://athenacuisine.com/] (535 6th Avenue at 14th Street), causing stress to the owners and digging up uncomfortable memories of a
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Screenshot via Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams’ office.By now you’ve likely heard about the Crown Heights postal worker who was on-duty on St. Patrick’s Day (Thursday, March 17) when police arrested him [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/27/nyregion/glen-grays-the-mailman-cuffed-in-brooklyn.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0]
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Photo by Sean EganTwo weeks after a fake Sunset Park lawyer was sentenced [http://sunsetparkvoice.com/police-fire/fake-sunset-park-lawyer-who-offered-bogus-immigration-services-gets-2-4-years/] to two to four years in prison for scamming immigrants out of thousands of dollars — the first such conviction in New York State — a forum was held at the CUNY Graduate School
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(Photo: mikey k / flickr)Two shootings marred Easter celebrations in Coney Island on Sunday, according to authorities. The day started when a 33-year-old man was shot twice in the leg just before 8pm outside the Carey Gardens housing project on West 23rd Street, near Mermaid Avenue, according to police. The